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I’m so pleased and honored that my romantic suspense, THE HUSTLER, was named the 2019 Golden Heart® Award Winner for Romantic Suspense! When I first started writing THE HUSTLER around Christmas of 2015, I never could have fathomed that my story about a tech-savvy private investigator falling in love with the subject of her investigation—a…
It’s taken me three months to truly wrap my head around this news, but I’m so pleased to share that my romantic suspense, THE HUSTLER, is a RWA Golden Heart® Award Finalist! Finaling in the Golden Heart has always been a pie-in-the-sky writing dream of mine, and I still can’t believe…
Something you should know about me: I’m always up for an adventure. Whether it’s traveling to a new place, trying my hand at a new hobby, or hopping in the car and seeing where the road takes me, I figure life’s too short to stay in your comfort zone. So earlier this year, when…
I almost didn’t answer my phone this morning when a call came in from an unfamiliar New Jersey number. Almost. Curiosity got the better of me though, and thank goodness it did. The call was from Marnee Blake, a contest coordinator from the RWA Kiss of Death chapter, letting me know that THE HUSTLER is a finalist in…
If you’re a member of Romance Writers of America (RWA), you’ve probably seen notices for the myriad RWA chapter contests that are offered throughout the year. Perhaps you’ve even thought about entering a few. But where to begin? What’s the point of a contest? Which one(s) should you enter? For those…
Revising a manuscript can be a torturous, soul-sucking experience. At least it feels that way when you’re in the thick of it. Motivation wanes, and Netflix starts to look mighty tempting…which is why I was so pleased to learn that my romantic suspense work-in-progress, THE HUSTLER, recently finaled in two more RWA chapter…
This has been a terrific year for Angie Hockman’s romantic suspense novel, THE HUSTLER! Angie submitted THE HUSTLER to several RWA chapter contests this spring, and in addition to winning Utah RWA’s Great Beginnings contest and Chicago-North RWA’s Fire & Ice contest, Angie’s manuscript recently placed first in the romantic suspense…
